Welt for shoes



Patented Aug. 29 1933 UNITED STATES PATENT QFFKIE WELT FOR SHOES H. Allen Application July 9, 1932. Serial No. 621,558

2 Claims.

Welts of the kind to which this invention relates are usable for nailed, Goodyear, McKay or stitchdown shoes.

Objects of the present invention are to provide an improved welt of the kind referred to in which all of the surface exposed in use consists of the hair side of the strip from which the welt is made; to facilitate and render less expensive the manufacture of the welt in comparison with welts of the same general kind with which I am familiar; and to provide an upstanding marginal rib of sufficient height.

Other objects will appear from the following description at the end of which the invention will be claimed.

Generally stated, the invention comprises a welt for shoes having an upstanding marginal rib and comprising a strip of leather generally rectangular in cross section and having on its flesh side a trough shaped groove of which a portion of the bottom is nearer to the hair side than the rest of the bottom to provide a hinge about which the strip is folded providing a rib, and the faces of the bottom adjacent the hinge portion and the side walls of the groove being in contact.

The invention also comprises the improvements to be presently described and finally claimed.

In the following description reference will be made to the accompanying drawing forming part hereof and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating a welt embodying features of the invention in unfolded condition.

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic sectional View illustrating the welt in partly unfolded condition.

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view of the welt.

Fig. 5 is a view, principally in section, illustrating the application of the welt to a nailed shoe.

Figs. 6 and '7 are views similar to Figs. 2 and 4 and illustrating a modification.

Figs. 8 and 9 are views similar to Figs. 6 and 7 and illustrating another modification. 7

Figs. 10 and 11 are views similar to Figs. 8 and 5 9 and illustrating another modification.

Figs. 12 and 13 are views similar to Figs. 10 and 11 and illustrating another modification.

Figs. 14 and 15 are views similar to Figs. 12 and 13 and illustrating another modification. Figs. 16 and l? are views similar to Figs. 14 and 15 and illustrating another modification.

Figs. 18 and 19 are views similar to Figs. 16 and 17 and illustrating another modification.

Figs. 20 and 21 are views similar to Figs. 18 and 19 and illustrating another modification, and

Figs. 22 and 23 are views similar to Figs. 20 and 21 and illustrating another modification.

Referring to the drawing, more particularly to Figs. 1 to 5, the welt comprises a strip of leather generally rectangular in cross section and having on its flesh side 1 a trough-shaped groove of which one side wall 2 is perpendicular to the hair side 3 of the strip, and of which the other side wall 4 flares outwardly in respect to the side wall 2. At the bottom of the groove and in proxim- 5 ity with the side wall 4 thereof, there is a bead 5, and as shown, the top of the bead is substantially fiush with the bottom of the groove. A portion of the bottom of the groove is nearer the hair side 3 than the rest of the bottom of the groove. In these figures the deeper portion of the groove occurs at two places 8 and 9, and we shall see that in some of the modifications this deeper portion of the bottom of the groove occurs at only one place. The strip is folded about the deeper portions 8 and 9 and the bead 5 toward the flesh side 1, and Fig. 3 is illustrative of this description. In a sense it may be said that the deeper parts 8 and 9 and bead operate something like a hinge. The walls 2 and 4 and the portions of so the bottom of the groove adjoining the deep parts 8 and 9 are crowded together providing an upstanding marginal rib 6 on the hair side 3 so that the top of the welt and the righthand end wall of the welt, as shown in Fig. 4, comprise the hair side and the upstanding marginal rib 6 is of considerable height.

In use, referring to Fig. 5, the flesh side 1 abuts on the top of the sole of the shoe to which it is attached as by stitching 1.

Referring to the various modifications it may be said that their construction is substantially as above described and in each figure in which the cross section is illustrated prior to folding, the portion of the bottom of the groove which is nearer to the hair side 3 than the rest of the bottom and which provides the hinge above referred to is indicated at a. As shown in Figs. 14 and 15 the bottom Wall of the groove on each side of the deep portion a is inclined, and the end walls of the groove are perpendicular to the hair side 3.

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art to which the invention relates that modifications may be made in details of construction and ar-- rangement and matters of mere form without departing from the spirit of the invention which is not limited to such matters or otherwise than the prior art and the appended claims may require.

2. A welt for shoes comprising a strip of leather generally rectangular in cross section and having on its flesh side a groove, the bottom of the groove being provided with a portion of greater depth than the rest of the bottom, said strip being folded about said deeper portion toward the flesh side and the walls of the groove being crowded together into contact with each other, providing an upstanding marginal rib on the hair side.

WILLIAM BROWN. 

